The Preston Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Daniel Iversen moves on
Brighton pay $5.6M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Preston
Maximiliano Caufriez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Preston
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market17 Aug 2026
Preston promote Henry Marshall from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Henry Marshall has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Preston promote Liam Wood from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Liam Wood has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market17 Aug 2026
Preston promote Nicholas Cooper from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nicholas Cooper has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Alfie Devine falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Alfie Devine gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
The afternoon belonged to Callum Lang
A mark of 7.81, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
In brief
- Squad Preston pick somebody else ahead of Conor Townsend
- Match Honours even between Preston and Derby County
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Preston